The More of Less Report (April)

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Here's the tea on my journey towards less:

January: Less scrolling: Did I scroll less this month? Yes. No. After Lent, I always want to "catch up." That led to spending three hours and six minutes on Instagram alone. My time the following weeks was less, but still more than it was when I was off social media. My attention span has also been poor. (Is that the screen time, or me?) I didn't have the focus to get into my books as much, so when I wanted a little dopamine "snack," I popped open Instagram, or occasionally Pinterest. I did keep Facebook off my phone, so that's something....

February: Less picking: I continue to try to take a little better care of my skin. Sometimes, I am less obsessive about it than others. Really, I just need to keep myself and my hands busy!

March: Less hunger (judgment): My hunger really did abate some about a month post marathon, so maybe it really was recovery hunger. As I increased training again, though, I noticed some of it coming back. While I am definitely not eating as much as during heavy marathon training, I do need quite a bit of fuel, and my hunger tells me that.

If I want to run, and run fast, I need to eat, and I probably need to eat more. That is kind of counterintuitive when it seems everyone around me is trying to "cut back," but in this case, more is less risk of injury and overtraining, as well as less crankiness. 

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We donated the big brown box. I think that marks the end of my intentional decluttering phase-for now. I do want to be more mindful about what I bring into the house. Maybe I will follow the "one in, one out" rule? We will see. I am sure I/we could get rid of more, but for now, this is the stage of less at which we are.